Plant seed germination is easily influenced by endogenous gene expression, hormones and environmental conditions. Here, we investigated a Populus R2R3-MYB transcription factor (referred to as MYB94) that plays a role in seed germination in close relation to the hormone abscisic acid (ABA). Two independent Arabidopsis transgenic lines overexpressing MYB94 (Oe-lines) and wild-type (Wt) were no clear differences in the seed germination rates under normal conditions, but the germination rates of the two Oe-lines were both...